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Air-monitoring
‘eggs’ may give
answers about
local air quality
By Allan Classen
Intel Labs researchers are placing about two dozen
“eggs” at discreet locations throughout the Northwest
District, waiting for the time they might produce a
new generation of knowledge.
The eggs are actually plastic-encased air-quality
monitors to be linked to a central computer in London and synchronized to create readily understandable, active maps of air-borne particles, toxins and
allergens. They will detect carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone and volatile organic compounds.
The project’s purpose is not to measure industrial air pollution, though that may be a byproduct.
And that’s the reason project coordinator Richard
Beckwith, a research psychologist at Intel Labs,
was invited to appear at a meeting of Neighbors for
Clean Air at the Northwest Library in June.
Continued page 8
A 180-foot-long pedestrian bridge designed by neighborhood resident Ed Carpenter would connect the Wildwood Trail over
West Burnside Street.
Ed Carpenter
A woman and her dog scurry across West Burnside as a
motorist brakes hard to avoid calamity.
By Allan Classen
The people behind the CRC debacle could take lessons
from neighbors and volunteers championing a pedestrian
bridge linking the Wildwood Trail over West Burnside
Street.
A simple yet elegant design has been developed by
Hillside resident Ed Carpenter, who also happens to be
an internationally known pedestrian bridge designer. The
estimated cost of the project, including all engineering
and permits, is only $1.5 million, less than half the cost of
an earlier design.
The Wildwood Trail Bridge Committee was formed
about three years ago at the instigation of Andrew
Wheeler, a sculptor and architect who drove past this
crossing for 50 years on his way to work.
Continued page 6
Temporary suicide barriers on Vista
Bridge irk neighborhood board
By Allan Classen
Four suicide leaps from the Vista Bridge this year are
too many for City Commissioner Steve Novick, who
wasted no time ordering temporary barriers on the bridge.
The Goose Hollow Foothills League board said not so
fast, complaining that it had been left out of the discussion and fearing that unsightly temporary screens will
become permanent.
Novick said he chose not to consult neighborhood
representatives because their objections would not have
softened his resolve to act swiftly. As supervisor of the
Portland Bureau of Transportation, he ordered installation of 9-foot, metal mesh extensions inside the bridge’s
masonry railings at a cost of $236,000.
The screens, to be bolted to the sidewalk, will be easily
removable, he said. They should be in place by mid month.
“I simply did not want more people to die,” he said,
citing several studies that convinced him that suicides are
impulsive acts that can be deferred.
Within five years, the temporary barriers must come
down, under an agreement with the State Historic
Preservation Office. By then, Novick hopes to have the
estimated $2.5-$3 million needed to replace them with
permanent barriers satisfying historic design standards.
“We are going to insist on a permanent solution that
prevents suicides,” he said.
While Novick doesn’t know where the $3 million
is coming from, he said a federal grant program is the
most likely source. Neighborhood representatives will be
invited to participate in the design of the permanent barriers, he said.
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The air-quality monitors measure carbon monoxide,
nitrogen oxides, ozone and volatile organic compounds,
and when connected to a central computer can create a
real-time picture of pollution patterns.
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By Allan Classen
Editor & Publisher
MLC changes resisted
Metropolitan Learning Center was created 45 years ago by Portland Public
Schools educators based on collaboration. Our experiential learning program and
history means our alternative, non-traditional approach precedes current district
categories and achieves substantive success and develops excellent students and
people.
In the last two years, staff and parent morale has fallen. This has emerged from
poor communication and a top-down approach that may suit traditional schools but
goes against our culture of collaboration with parents, leadership, staff and students.
A series of changes proposed by MLC leadership the past few months would
significantly standardize MLC’s approach. Who will suffer? Our kids. MLC’s test
scores regularly exceed district and state averages. We have families who’ve been
with us for 10-plus years. Many parents were MLC students. Representative Lew
Fredericks taught at MLC for many years. MLC alumnus and best-selling author
Rebecca Skloot says MLC saved her life at a difficult time in her youth. It’s a great
community that’s open, collaborative and respectful.
This push toward standardization and limiting choices goes against PPS’s recent
direction. PPS held a conference this year to support humanistic learning—developing curriculum based on student interests to increase student engagement. PPS also
increased the electives and choices this year for high school students. Yet, at MLC,
student electives look to be cut in half.
Setting MLC backwards doesn’t make sense.
What we ask:
A moratorium on the proposed changes until the full community can truly collaborate instead of being told what’s going to happen based on unclear rationale.
Keep the electives coordinator a certified position.
A facilitated discussion for how MLC’s administrative team can better understand and support MLC’s collaborative approach. This may include mediation.
Jack Rubinger
MLC parent
Tall buildings hide river
While multi-floored buildings might, as one letter-writer suggested, be “inevitable,” there may be other ways to deal with what might otherwise become Manhattan-like concrete corridors. Portland’s comprehensive plan used to include a caveat
that building height was to trend downward as buildings approached the waterfront.
Because of floor-area ratios, variance challenges and the constant mantra (with
figures and projections that have proven overblown in most cases) that we must
prepare for a monstrously large influx of people and traffic, we’ve now got some very
tall buildings between the downtown and the waterfront.
The solution? Consider reducing building heights. This is not Manhattan. We’re
not building on unforgiving bedrock. If someone wants a 40-story building near the
waterfront, then I say fine, but whatever number of stories are pushing the planning
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Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Going Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Community Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Business & Real Estate. . . . . . . . . . . 20
VOL. 26, NO. 12august, 2013
EDITOR/PUBLISHER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALLAN CLASSEN
GRAPHIC DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stephanie akers cohen
Urban renewal getting old
The Portland Development Commission is a dying shell, powerless to fulfill
its purpose yet too entrenched to vacate
the stage. It may cause damage as it flails
in desperation, but the havoc cannot be
described as urban renewal.
Several factors combined to bring it
down.
One was giving budgetary control to
the Portland City Council in 2007, making development decisions subject to
the goals of elected officials. Mayor Sam
Adams took that latitude to the limit.
Wherever streetcar tracks might be laid
looked to him like a blighted area needing urban renewal assistance. In an effort
to direct resources toward poverty in East
County, City Commissioner Erik Sten
decided that the David Douglas School
District 10 miles away was part of the
River District Urban Renewal Area. It
didn’t fly, as PDC learned the hard way
after an unfavorable court decision.
PDC lost the argument that urban
renewal generates tax revenues that
wouldn’t otherwise exist. That was the
prime justification behind tax increment
financing, which sequesters the added
property tax revenue in a renewal district
to reinvestment in that district. As this
mechanism became widely interpreted as
diverting tax revenues from the county
and schools, the politics of social equity
demanded that part of the revenues be
shared with those jurisdictions. Sten and
his allies also carved out 30 percent of
the tax increment for affordable housing.
These may all be laudable social goals, but
together they left urban renewal running
on one lung, unable to generate substantial private sector investment or produce
enough taxable investment to renew anything.
PDC reacted to its flagging leverage
by creating more urban renewal areas,
reaching its legal limits for acreage and
revenues dedicated to renewal districts.
In effect, its credit cards were maxed out.
With many of the current districts now
performing poorly while having no ability
to create new ones, the agency has had to
drastically cut staff and functions.
As revenues sank, the PDC brain trust
appeared to be oxygen deprived. One
strange decision followed another.
A fully vetted redevelopment plan for
Centennial Mills was cancelled on the
whim of PDC leaders because its food
theme was deemed not one of the “right”
industries. No sooner had the project been
killed than the same leaders admitted that
yes, perhaps food really is a key Portland
industry. Had the project been allowed to
more forward, it would have likely been
completed now.
Instead, PDC picked another developer,
Harsch Investments, that didn’t even make
it to the final round of the original bidding competition, and the developer won’t
know until the end of the year whether
a new project is even feasible. If it’s a
go, Harsch will have enormous leverage
to seek additional subsidies. Otherwise,
Centennial Mills will be a testament to
accomplishing nothing on a prime site
while expending enormous time, resources
and goodwill.
The Education Urban Renewal Area
was launched from the ashes of the
abandoned Central City Urban Renewal
Area. The Education URA includes Portland State University and Lincoln High
School. There were many presentations on
the lofty possibilities for an all-new Lincoln campus. Then PDC was reminded
that urban renewal money cannot be spent
on education, a fact it should have known
from the start. Desperation breeds mistakes.
Without coherent leadership or a grasp
of its mission, PDC has used its depleting
resources to chase developers quite capable
of fending for themselves. Con-way property in Slabtown was deemed blighted
because development there hadn’t met its
potential. But soon after a proposed urban
renewal area was scrapped, construction
cranes shot up, proving the potential of
urban renewal had been a brake rather
than a spur to development. It also added
to the nasty picture of PDC as a reverse
Robin Hood, diverting public funds from
needy sectors to prosperous ones.
For many reasons, jurisdictions around
the country are shutting down their urban
renewal agencies. The entire state of California eliminated urban renewal agencies
and tax increment financing last year,
proving it’s possible for a city to function
without it.
Portlanders should consider what we’re
gaining—and losing—by keeping this
blundering bureaucracy around. Does this
system really reflect our best thinking and
highest values?
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National Association of Social Workers, the Albert Schweitzer Peace Achievement Award from the International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the
Lifetime of Service Award from Oregon Physicians for
Social Responsibility. He swam in the Willamette on a
regular basis well into his 90s. His wife Helen predeceased
him. He is survived by his children, Lindsay and Peter; and
grandchildren.
John F. Bozich
Garet Martin
John Frank Bozich, a Northwest Portland resident, died
July 5 at age 88. He was born Jan. 20, 1925, and grew up
on Northwest Roosevelt Street and later built a home in
the Arlington Heights neighborhood. He was a member
of St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Garet Martin, a longtime Linnton resident, died June
7 at age 69. She was born in Portland June 17, 1943.
She graduated from Lincoln High School and attended
Marylhurst College, where she studied music, dance and
painting. She was also active in the Linnton Neighborhood Association. She is survived by her brothers, Charles,
Mary J. Granum
John and Thomas; and her longtime friend and significant
Mary Jane Granum, the longest-tenured resident of Wilother, Easton Cross.
lamette Heights, died May 5 at age 92. She was born in
Denver and moved to Portland with her family in 1936.
Bernadette M. Taylor
She graduated from Lincoln High School. She was an
actress and dancer with roles in Broadway productions
Bernadette McCormick Taylor, a Hillsuch as “Crazy With the Heat,” “Let’s Face It” and the
side resident for 55 years, died June 14
1946 revival of “Cyrano.” She returned to Portland in
of colon cancer at age 79. Bernadette
1960 and appeared in many shows at Civic Theater and
McCormick was born March 13, 1934,
with the North End Players and Slocum House Players.
in Spokane. She grew up in Tacoma and
She married Ethan Granum in 1970, and they formed the
attended Aquinas Academy, University
Irving Street Players, which produced affordable plays for
of Puget Sound and Washington State
the community from 1996-2005. She is survived by her University. She was executive director of the Oregon
husband; stepsons, David, Ted and Michael; six grandchil- Academy of General Dentistry for nearly 40 years. She
dren; and three great-grandsons.
was a member of the Multnomah Athletic Club, Royal
Rosarians, Junior League, Portland Seminary Tea, Portland Civic Theater and the Portland Youth Orchestra. In
Dr. Charles Grossman
1958, she married Vance Louis Taylor. She was a member
Dr. Charles Grossman, a longtime Linnton resident, died
of St. Mary’s Cathedral, and she was active in the St.
July 17 at age 98. He was born in New Jersey. He was part
Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic parish. She is survived by
of a medical team in 1942 that made the first use of peniher husband; sons, Vance, David and Barry; daughters,
cillin to save a dying patient in the United States. He came
Madeline Fish, Wendy Taylor and Melissa Taylor; her
to the Portland area in 1944 as part of the medical staff
sister, Mollie; and eight grandchildren.
assigned to care for wartime shipyard workers. He was
on the faculty of New York University, Yale and Oregon
Alice E. Vidan
Health Sciences University. He practiced internal medicine in Portland since 1950. He co-founded the Oregon Alice Ester Vidan, a member of St. Patrick Church, died
chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility and worked June 27 at age 95. She was born Feb. 11, 1918, in Northon many peace, poverty, and justice issues. He received west Portland and lived on Northwest Roosevelt Street
the Citizen of the Year Award of the Oregon Chapter until her marriage. She was a member of the Croatian
Fraternal Union. Her husband Michael preceded her
in death. She is survived by her son, Richard; sister,
Frances Deckman; four grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.
Jack Featheringill
Jack Featheringill, a Pearl resident and professor emeritus
at Portland State University, died July 3 of complications
from heart surgery at age 81. He was born Dec. 4, 1931,
and graduated from Indiana University. He worked on
Broadway and elsewhere as a stage manager, casting
director and dancer in the 1950s and ’60s. At PSU, he
was also a director and Drammy committee member
credited with inspiring generations of Portland actors
and crew. He underwrote the Featheringill Theatre and
Drama Scholarship at Indiana University. He was a board
member of the Pearl District Neighborhood Association.
He advocated for abused and neglected children through
Court Appointed Special Advocates and was a volunteer
ombudsman for eldercare and on a drug and alcohol abuse
hotline.
Death Notices
Saralee “Sally” Lichty Bolliger, 82, member of First
United Methodist Church.
Dorothy C. Schultz, 87, taught Tai Chi for many years
at Friendly House.
Rodney B. Ewing, 74, attended Lincoln High School.
Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, 74, member of First United
Methodist Church.
Katherine T. Vlahos Lockie, 83, attended Lincoln High
School.
Cleone F. Stoloff, 93, member of the Multnomah
Athletic Club.
Dorothy S. Stearns, 89, graduate of Lincoln High
School.
Sharon Bates, 80, volunteer for Good Samaritan
Hospital.
Lila G. Mountain, 97, teacher at Lincoln High School.
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enforcement begins in January
By Allan Classen
The Northwest District Parking Plan
approved last December was unanimously
amended by City Council July 31.
The amendments had the support of
business and residential interests who have
been feuding on the issue for a generation.
“I’m pinching myself to see that I’m not
dreaming,” said City Commissioner Dan
Saltzman. “This is a great day.
“I’ve been on council 15 years, so I’ve
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City Commissioner Nick Fish, who
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inspired. … No one owned the 2012 plan.”
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• Time limits will be increased to
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Burnside Bridge continued from page 1
Twice a day, he was reminded of the
dangers of crossing the winding, hilly road
by “watching moms, kids and dogs scamper
across Burnside.”
It wasn’t difficult to recruit Carpenter to
the task. He’s been running and hiking the
Wildwood Trail almost daily for 40 years,
and he constantly sees pedestrians scrambling to cross as motorists hit their brakes.
“I wouldn’t let my children cross Burnside there,” said Carpenter. “In skiing terms,
that’s a double black diamond.
“You just hope that this project gets
finished before someone gets hurt,” he said.
Although there is no record of pedestrians being struck here, many consider that
amazingly good luck.
Crossing the three-lane road is treacherous for several reasons. Cars frequently
move much faster than the 40 mph speed
limit, curves in either direction limit visibility and there are no crosswalk markings
or lights.
“I cross there frequently on trail runs,”
said Hillside resident Ginger Burke, “and
think it’s incredibly dangerous, particularly
crossing Southwest to Northwest, due to
the pitch of the road and the lack of visibility uphill relative to speed of traffic.”
Hillside Neighborhood Association
President Peter Stark, another backer of
the bridge, noted, “I’ve never crossed Burnside there for that reason.”
The problem was evident enough in the
late 1970s, when upper Burnside resident
and former Blitz-Weinhard owner William
Wessinger campaigned for a pedestrian
bridge.
“It should have been done by the city or
Ed Carpenter
Runner makes a dash to
avoid Burnside traffic.
The bridge arcs gently;
green structural elements
mimic forest flora.
Courtesy Ed Carpenter
state a long time ago,” Wessinger told the Examiner. “I’ve gone
down there when there’ve been
children ready to go across. It’s
just an absolute disaster that’s
waiting to happen.”
Nick Hardigg, director of the
Portland Parks Foundation, is
also a member of the Wildwood
Trail Bridge Steering Committee. City park officials have discussed the need for a Burnside pedestrian
bridge for 20 years, he said, and both the
city and state have it on their priority lists
of capital projects.
The problem has always been money.
A rough estimate developed in 2009 for a
never-submitted parks bond measure came
to $3.1 million. An earlier design offered
by citizens in the 1980s or 1990s likewise
went nowhere.
Hardigg said Carpenter’s design is not
only far less expensive, it’s “beautiful.”
The iconic design and high-visibility
location make it a good candidate for
private philanthropy and/or a grassroots
fund-raising campaign, he said.
“We feel this project is of value to the
whole city,” he said, noting that Wildwood Trail draws people of all ages from
throughout the region.
The steering committee expects most
if not all of the funding will come from
private sources: individuals, foundations
and businesses.
Hardigg believes the “zero public funding” strategy, combined with ample public
input, makes a sterling contrast to the pitfalls that killed the CRC.
So far, enthusiasm for the pedestrian
bridge has been almost universal. The
coalition of inner-Westside neighborhood
associations saw a presentation last month
and the Arlington Heights Neighborhood
Association passed a supporting resolution.
Carpenter will be getting to other associations this summer.
“There’s nobody against it,” said Gary
White, an advertising/marketing consultant serving on the steering committee.
That unanimity may be shattered, however, if the project is cast as “a fancy
amenity for rich neighbors,” in Wheeler’s
words, rather than a safety project serving
the entire region.
Wheeler and others on the committee
have given that some thought.
“The design is beautiful, but the whole
reason for the project is safety,” he said.
Carpenter also sees great benefit in
effectively connecting the 30-mile Wildwood Trail, the main path going from end
to end of the 5,000-acre wilderness park.
“This trail is internationally recognized,”
he said. “People come from all over the
world to use the trail.”
For many, the Wildwood Trail ends
when they come to Burnside Street, where
they skip the southern section that goes to
Pittock Mansion and Washington Park.
“There would be much more use if
there were a bridge,” said Carpenter.
Wessinger, 95, figures a pedestrian
bridge here is long overdue.
“I think 60 years is long enough to
watch children being in danger,” he said.
Reflecting on his efforts 35 years ago
that were “nearly successful,” he takes heart
in the current bridge campaign.
“I’ll be glad to see it,” he said, “if I make
it that long.”
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“This is not a step that I take lightly,” he
told the GHFL board and about 30 citizens and media members filling the meeting room. “I know that this is a historic
bridge. It’s a beautiful bridge. I know many
people love this bridge. I know it won’t look
the same, and that matters, but this is an
action I felt we had to take.
“So far this year, four people have died
and I didn’t want any more,” he said.
The audience applauded when he concluded.
The neighborhood board, however,
reacted skeptically.
“I take personal exception that we
weren’t involved in this temporary barrier,”
said board member Mary Valeant. “I want
to save lives, but I live here for views of the
bridge.
“You were cleverly able to call this a
temporary barrier—I’m not sure how,” said
Valeant. “There are processes and laws in
place, and somehow we have gone beyond
those.”
William Reilly Jr., chairing the meeting, said the association has been burned
before by temporary facilities that became
permanent.
“We’re not buying off on something
that’s supposed to be temporary that’s here
in 10 or 20 years,” he said.
Board member Peyton Chapman, who
as principal at Lincoln High School introduced anti-suicide programs at her school,
said there should be a process to remove
the temporary barriers after five years.
Chapman said media discussion linking
the Vista Bridge to suicide “puts ideas into
peoples’ heads,” noting that the suicide rate
Allan Classen
Stabler, who learned from experts around
the country that barriers prevent deaths.
People who have survived an attempt
usually don’t commit suicide later, said
Novick. “The fact that a person tried to
commit suicide once doesn’t mean they are
doomed to die.”
He referred to a U.S. Surgeon General
report concluding that “restricting access to
highly lethal means of suicides” is effective.
Another report from the University of
California at Berkeley found that people considering suicide are fixated and
don’t have a Plan B. If the opportunity
is removed, they retreat, and the impulse
fades, Novick said.
Novick referred to a study showing that
installing barriers on the Duke Ellington
Bridge in Washington, D.C.—which had
a high incidence of suicide—did not cause
an increase of suicides at the nearby Taft
Bridge.
Goose Hollow board members heard
these claims but were unconvinced. At the
end of the meeting, after Novick, the media
and most of the audience had left the room,
they commiserated.
Former board member Adrienne Hill
thanked the board for standing up to
Novick.
Jan L. Berger (L-R), Bonnie Kahn and her daughter, Anne Kahn, take their turn patrol“I don’t know when I’ve ever seen such
ling the Vista Bridge. They and about 12 other volunteers have taken training from Lines for
a
media
circus, nor such a disregard for the
Life on responding to people considering suicide. The patrols have been organized by Friends
neighborhood
system,” said Hill.
of Vista Bridge to provide a night and day deterrence until barriers are erected sometime this
“Since this discussion has occurred, it
month.
seems to me the rate of suicides from that
cides may be rising now in a rush to “beat bridge is increasing because we haven’t had
has gone up since the publicity started.
the appropriate information.”
An estimated 175 people have leaped to the barriers.”
“I’m not a fan of how this is happening,”
Novick was prepared for this line of
their deaths from the bridge since it was
concluded Valeant.
speculation.
built in 1926, an average of two per year.
He credited Oregonian reporter David
Reilly speculated that Vista Bridge sui-
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Beckwith. “It’s about data and helping communities share
and use data. What can we provide to make that feasible?”
Even around Intel, it’s called the air-quality egg project, he admitted, but officially it’s the Data Community
Group. New technologies are generating data of unprecedented volume and diversity, and his team is exploring
how that data can be made useful to society.
Harnessing data to help people make choices involving
their health fits within that mandate.
Soon, about two dozen Northwest Portland residents
will have the ostrich-egg-sized sensors in their yards or by
their windows. The sensors will share minute-by-minute
air-quality measurements that could provide a picture of
toxic exposure risks in their area. Beckwith said the system
could identify the source and strength of certain toxins and
perhaps daily, weekly or annual patterns.
This kind of information hasn’t been tracked by the
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (although
Beckwith said similar systems are functioning in New York
City and Europe). When citizens call DEQ about industrial odors today, there is little follow up. Even in the most
extreme cases, when a DEQ investigator is dispatched,
a day or two may have elapsed and the odor long gone.
Finding its source and the pollutants causing it becomes
virtually impossible. This project seeks to fill in those gaps.
“We’re very excited about it,” said DEQ outreach specialist Marcia Danab. “We think that this type of monitoring has potential to greatly contribute to our understanding of some pollutants in Oregon.”
DEQ is sharing data from its own monitoring station
so the eggs can be properly calibrated.
“As of now, we are still encountering some challenges
that prevent us from translating the data into any meaningful number, but we will keep working on it,” said Danab. Beckwith emphasized that the eggs, which cost about
$300 each to produce, do not have high-precision sensors.
Their value is in working as an integrated system and in
producing real-time results. The eggs are provided free to
participating neighborhood residents, but it is his hope
that they could in time be mass-produced for perhaps
$100, making them affordable to the general public.
State Rep. Mitch Greenlick, who attended the June
meeting, was impressed with what he heard.
“I thought it sounded like a fantastic idea,” he said,
“bringing air-quality monitoring to a new level.”
NCA President Mary Peveto, who has one of the air
monitors at her home, said she is “super excited to be a part
of it.”
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two dozen air-monitoring “eggs” in Northwest Portland
yards.
Past monitoring by DEQ or volunteers has not provided useful information “to measure your risks as an
individual.”
DEQ’s monitoring stations are few in number, and
there hasn’t been one in Northwest Portland since the
one by the Forest Park Post Office was removed about a
decade ago. DEQ stations draw one sample every six days,
extrapolating that to produce an annual total, a protocol
that could completely miss a spike in emissions or hide
abnormal figures in an annual average.
While valid for measuring macro changes in climate or
total citywide emissions of given toxics, “that’s just not a
very useful data set when you’re trying to figure out what’s
in your air at any given time,” said Peveto.
A special report of emissions near ESCO’s main foundry on Northwest 24th Avenue was commissioned by the
federal Environmental Protection Agency in 2009. Peveto
said the report found spikes of up to 300 times the typical
levels of certain metals.
Beckwith said it could be September before the monitors are in place and adjusted to produce useful data.
When the system is up and running, he will activate a
website where anyone can get an answer to the slogan
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Association favored the shorter limit but accepted
four hours as at least an effective deterrent to downtown commuter parking.
• Meters may be “plugged” after the initial period
purchased has elapsed. Again, business interests
wanted more latitude to extend stays and neighborhood representatives went along because the cost of
parking longer should promote a degree of turnover.
• The permit district will end at Northwest 25th Avenue instead of extending to Westover/Cornell/29th.
There is not yet a serious parking problem in this
area, and permits can be added later if that changes.
• Meters on Northwest 21st and 23rd avenues will go
north as far as Vaughn instead of stopping at Pettygrove in recognition of rapid development in and
around the Con-way area.
• The Portland Bureau of Transportation will control the Transportation Management Association
instead of spinning it off as a largely autonomous
entity. The TMA will manage ongoing parking
operations and allocate net parking revenues in the
district for neighborhood transportation projects. All
sides recognized that autonomy could lead to ongoing partisan battles over every piece of the plan.
• The entire district will be metered from Burnside
to Pettygrove, eliminating the need for special visitor
time limits during game days at Jeld-Wen Field.
• All employees of local businesses are entitled to
purchase permits. In five years, the goal is to reduce
that percentage to 85 percent, the approximate share
of workers who park in the district today. Permit
holders are exempt from parking time limits.
Despite an earlier mixed-message email to businesses,
NHBA President Pat Fielder said, “I’m very, very pleased
to say the Nob Hill Business Association does support the
plan with amendments.”
“Tavo [Cruz of the NWDA] and his group have done
so much in compromising with us.”
The meters and permits will be enforced 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
The full plan will be put into effect in January.
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delivered.
We need to return to the idea (promulgated by the
promenade and Waterfront Park) that the river needs to be
visible and accessible to all, with buildings trending down in
height as they approach the water.
Additionally, I was pleased to hear of some of the ideas
for Centennial Mills. It sounds as though more than one
idea is taking into consideration celebrating public access
(both physical and visual) to the river we’re fortunate
enough to have running through our city.
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News & Views
Tanner Springs brings wildlife to urban core
Mark Wheaton
panel, which was then fused and melted and inset into the
tracks. One of Dreisitl’s panels is dedicated to the “lost
wetlands” the park is intended to evoke.
In a piece on Tanner Springs, the New York Times
describes the park as “a sort of cross between an Italian
piazza and a weedy urban wetland with lots of benches
perched besides gently running streams.”
Mike Houck, a Northwest Portland resident, is director of the
Urban Greenspaces Institute.
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A great blue heron stops for reflection in a Tanner Springs
pool.
A child meets a great blue heron in Tanner Springs Park.
By Mike Houck
I’m obsessed with a small, created wetland in the Pearl
District. When it comes to urban greenspaces, size is
often overrated; even a 200x200-foot, faux wetlands can
be both biologically and socially meaningful in intensely
developed urban neighborhoods. Tanner Springs is one of
those sites.
These leftover bits of nature play an oversized role in
providing access to nature in the everyday lives of urban
dwellers, yet have historically been overlooked, undervalued and viewed as throwaway habitats, discarded in the
name of “compact urban form.”
A couple years ago, I was driving north by Tanner
Springs Park when a black and white blur flashed across
my windshield. I looked to my right, where a woman
stood, mouth agape. She’d clearly seen the same thing I
had. As I jumped out of my car, an osprey arose from the
park’s shallow pond, a koi clutched in its talons.
It carried its prey to the roof of a nearby condominium
and consumed the tiny koi, after which it returned to its
nest on the nearby Willamette River. I asked the woman
whether this was unusual and she replied no, that it had
become fairly common since someone in the surrounding
condos had, illegally, started dumping koi in the pond.
Mike Houck
She provided me with a photo of the osprey, which I
immediately sent to Herbert Dreiseitl at Atelier Dreiseitl
in Germany and Mike Faha at Portland’s GreenWorks
landscape architects, who collaborated on Tanner Springs
design. I wanted them to know they had just been paid the
highest praise for their design work.
Great blue herons, too, visit Tanner Springs Park,
attracted by koi. What was once a stream, a natural wetland and lake system in the Willamette River floodplain
is now a native-plant-dominated, one-square-block nature
park.
The original plan for the park was to “daylight” Tanner Creek. That turned out to be impractical, given the
stream now flows more than 20 feet below the park. The
Dreiseitl/GreenWorks design was developed from several
charrettes conducted in 2003 that revealed the public’s
desire to have a water feature and access to nature in the
city.
An “artwall” runs along the eastern edge of the park
consisting of 368 railroad tracks set on end, with almost
100 blue, fused-glass pieces, which was produced by
a Portland glass art company. Each of the rectangular
glass panels has images of dragonflies and other aquatic
invertebrates native to local wetlands. The images were The wetlands park is surrounded by intense development.
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Prohibition stories entwined with neighborhood history
Portland Police Historical Society
By Carol Wells
Portland police lieutenant Leo Harms
and his men on the Moral Squad made
most of their Prohibition raids in the
North End (now Chinatown), a squalid
quarter whose vice-ridden haunts were
frequented by men and women given over
to the demons of gambling, liquor and
prostitution.
Surviving amid the corruption were the
permanent residents: immigrants, people
of color and the poor, who were disproportionately arrested for Prohibition
crimes. The first raid after Oregon’s law
was passed in 1916 was at the Union Club
on the North Park Blocks, a speakeasy that
catered to the “criminal and vagrant” element of the African-American population.
One man was arrested and 26 pints of beer
and a quantity of wine, whisky and gin
were seized.
At the same time, the authorities turned
a blind eye to the doings at the dining
room of The Campbell residential hostel in
Nob Hill, now the Ram’s Head on Northwest 23rd and Hoyt. Attracting an upscale
clientele, this lively blind pig (or speakeasy)
offered fine dining, jazz, dancing and bootleg liquor discreetly served in
coffee cups.
A trick played by history on
this entrenched prejudice was
the 1924 raid at the home of
Syrian immigrant George Atiyeh, who had the contents of his
personal liquor cabinet carted
off to the customs house. A generation later, Atiyeh’s son Victor would become governor of
Oregon.
In the North End, Lt. Harms
and his Moral Squad used “stool
pigeons,” marked money and
other creative approaches to
catch moonshiners and liquor
sellers. Outside the North End,
some efforts were also notable
for their creativity. To infiltrate a
suspicious soft drink spot called
the Claremont Tavern on remote
St. Helens Road, patrolmen disguised themselves as duck hunters and then raided the place
when they noted that the ginger
ale they were served had an
unmistakable “kick.”
Nearby neighborhoods also
A member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union with the Portland police in front of a
cache of liquor waiting to be destroyed. Lt. Leo Harms is second from the right.
suffered from the heat of police action. A
house at 2274 NW Raleigh St. in Slabtown
(still standing and now host to several
small businesses) was raided in 1920. Seven
people were arrested and 50 gallons of wine
along with eight quarts of moonshine were
seized as evidence. A barn on a purported
hog farm west of Linnton yielded 446 gallons of raisin moonshine whiskey.
Harms, who personally led many of the
raids, appears to have been incorruptible,
although he was repeatedly charged with
offenses, generally by those he attempted
to arrest. When he was accused during
World War I of “pro-Germanism,” slandering President Wilson, gambling at the
Armory and being drunk while on duty, no
less a champion than Lola Baldwin came
to his defense.
The highly respected Baldwin was the
second female police officer ever to serve
in the United States. Her groundbreaking
work focused on the safety and protection
of women and children. Baldwin firmly
asserted that “Captain Harms had made
enemies because he was honest and above
reproach.” Harms was exonerated.
Another unstoppable member of the law
enforcement team was Barnett H. Goldstein. The genial-appearing assistant U. S.
district attorney in Portland, by contemporary accounts “full of vim and determination,” pursued the notorious Tillamook Kid
and his gang of bootleggers all the way to
San Francisco and back to Portland, where
he led the prosecution.
Taking advantage of the fact that
Prohibition had come to Oregon four
years before the Eighteenth Amendment
became law in the rest of the United States,
the gang had a lively business shipping
legal liquor from San Francisco through
Portland’s Union Station.
Members of the gang traveled frequently between the two cities, smuggling the
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to fit each type of bag, with a rubber tube
for ease of filling. After considerable product development, zinc had been chosen
because it did not alter the flavor of the
product. The bags were also sent by freight,
with baggage handlers paid off to let them
through.
Twenty-one people were indicted in
October 1918, with one ringleader, a
wealthy California liquor distributor, fined
$10,000, the largest ever imposed by an
Oregon court to date for violation of
Prohibition laws. Howard Edmunds, alias
The Tillamook Kid, however, got by with
a $500 fine because he had entered an
officer’s training program. Since the war
ended a month later, it can be assumed that
Edmunds never saw any real service.
Edmunds had a record that dated to
1904, and had before also been lucky in his
sentencing. His crimes in Tillamook City
“under the nose of the officials who are
paid to suppress them,” included playing
stud poker, drinking whiskey against the
local option laws (local communities had
the option to establish Prohibition well
before 1916) and dynamiting fish on the
Portland Police Historical Society
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Well-respected policewoman Lola
Baldwin stood up for Harms when
two of his former patrolmen accused
him of ethics violations.
Gallons of liquor passed through Union Station on its way to lucrative Portland markets.
The Tillamook Kid and his gang packed the goods in specially kitted out suitcases and
travel trunks.
Trask River.
He had paid several heavy fines, but
had always managed to have his sentences
waived. This came to an end in 1924
when officers captured him at his Portland
moonshining operation, which featured
a 50-gallon still and 14 barrels of mash.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of $2,000
and serve one year in the county jail. Following the sentencing, the Tillamook Kid
vanished from the pages of Oregon history.
In 1928, the charge was made against
now-Captain Harms that he had been
on intimate terms with one Mrs. Irving
Barnett H. Goldstein pursued the Tillamook Kid and his liquor smuggling
gang to San Francisco and back, ultimately bringing them to justice.
Crocker and had driven with her in city
automobiles. In his letter of resignation,
Harms stridently maintained that he had
done “nothing dishonorable.” We may
never know whether Harms succumbed to
temptation, or whether one of his enemies
succeeded in removing him from the force.
Either way, the corruption of that boisterous age finally caught up to Leo Harms.
Thanks to Norm Gholston, Jim Huff at
Portland Police Museum, Sarah Beeler at Tillamook County Library, and Mary Hansen at
City of Portland Archive & Records Center.
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The menu honors that purpose, offering a selection of casual comfort foods
The Pink Rose has an unlikely loca- that complement a mixed drink or a glass
tion (underneath an Office Max) and an of wine. This is Portland, though, so you
unlikely appetizer (fried brussels sprouts). don’t have to settle for nachos and reheated
Both, surprisingly, are a lot better than they Tater Tots. The food is neither pretentious
sound.
nor (except the brussels sprouts) startlingly
Pink Rose calls itself a restaurant, but original, but all of it is locally sourced and
at heart, it is a bar. The only nonalco- prepared from scratch.
holic beverage options are water, Coke and
The downstairs space boasts a garish,
Sprite. The indoor section is an over-21 pink-lit charm that makes the most of its
venue, and while the outdoor patio admits windowless location. But on a pleasant
minors, it doesn’t draw a ton of families. afternoon or evening, the patio is the place
Rather, it serves as a casual, fun hangout for to be. It gives an expansive view of both the
the 20- and 30-something demographic Pearl streetscape and customers perusing
that works and lives in the Pearl District.
copy paper at Office Max. A fire pit adds
warmth and atmosphere on chilly evenings.
Pick the right night, and you’ll pay less.
On Tuesdays, happy hour runs all day.
Thursdays are “date night,” when you get
a glass of wine or beer, a small plate and
a large plate for $20. On Fridays, a glass
of the house rose champagne costs $3 and
select pink drinks are $5.
About those brussels sprouts. They are
not heavy, deep-fried bombs but lightly
battered and fried for only a couple minutes. This treatment brings out a crisp yet
tender texture and their full, fresh flavor.
Bacon and parmesan cheese elevate this
frequently reviled vegetable to an addictive treat. Bite-sized mushrooms stuffed
with chorizo and bacon-wrapped dates are
other excellent choices to accompany your
cocktail.
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Thursdays are
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when a glass of
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a small plate
and a large plate
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Pink Rose continued from page 15
The cocktail menu is extensive, but
not ultra-artisan or trendy. You won’t find
free-range bourbon infused with cucumber
vinegar and garnished with pickled fennel here. My margarita was watery, made
with unremarkable tequila and sweet-sour
mix. Ordering their generous pours of very
decent house red or white wine, or maybe
that house rose, might be a better bet.
Pink Rose claims their burger is one
of the best in town, and it is a contender.
The Rose Burger, about a third of a pound
of Painted Hills beef smothered in (but
not overwhelmed by) bacon, Swiss cheese,
onions and a homemade Dijon mustard
aioli, is outstanding. The potato bun is not
inconsequential, but unlike the brioche
buns so popular in many restaurants, framing the burger rather than adding another
layer of unctuous richness. At $9 on the
happy hour menu, this burger, accompanied by crisp, homemade fries, is a good
deal.
If you’re not in the mood for beef, you
could try the crispy fried Draper Farms
chicken on a waffle, or maybe the Pork
Fries, potatoes garnished with pork shoulder, cheddar, onions and sriracha aioli.
If that’s too many calories, try the relatively light fried green tomato salad or the
smoked pork and citrus salad.
Alcohol also holds center stage at Pink
Rose’s weekend brunch, where the most
striking aspect is a “bottomless mimosa.”
A wide variety of competently prepared
brunch staples—benedicts, pancakes,
omelets, scrambles and fried chicken and
waffles—provide ballast, but this definitely
100% grass-fed beef
raised on our family ranch
Serving Breakfast
8 a.m.-11 a.m. Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday & Sunday
Serving Lunch & Dinner
11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday
2572 NW Vaughn Street
503-227-7002
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Pink Rose
Restaurant
1300 NW Lovejoy St.
503-482-2165
Tues.-Wed. 4-10 p.m.
Thursday 4 p.m.-1 a.m.
Friday 4 p.m.-2 a.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.-2 a.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. -3 p.m.
Closed Monday
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seems like a brunch where you’d be inclined
to linger, soaking up the sunshine or the
pink light.
Service is not the speediest but is friendly. On a recent summer evening, our overworked waitress, who appeared to be covering both upstairs and downstairs, took
a long time to bring us a second glass of
wine. But then—without any complaint on
our part—didn’t charge us for the drinks.
In keeping with the party atmosphere,
live music plays Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays, mostly in the DJ/electronica
vein. Pink Rose stays open until 2 a.m. on
weekends, which is unusual in this part of
town and lends to the party atmosphere.
Pink Rose also caters and is a popular
spot for private parties.
TAVERN
going out Community
Events
Concerts at Couch Park
Summer park concerts series continues
with two Thursday night concerts at Couch
Park, Northwest 20th and Glisan streets.
The free concerts, which are underwritten
by neighborhood businesses, institutions
and individuals, run from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Aug. 8: Mo Philips (kids’ indie rock).
Aug. 15: The Chancers (Irish pub tunes)
Washington Park concerts
The annual Washington Park Summer
Festival presents free concerts in the Rose
Garden Amphitheater every night through
Saturday, Aug. 10. Each concert begins at
6 p.m. Musical styles include jazz, classical,
folk and bluegrass.
Aug. 3: The Carlton Jackson–Dave
Mills Big Band (jazz of great composers).
Aug. 4: Portland Festival Symphony
(directed by Maestro Lajos Balogh).
Aug. 5: Obo Addy’s Legacy: DiaTribe
(traditional West African music and
dance).
Aug. 6: Black Prairie (folk and
bluegrass).
Aug. 7: Vagabond Opera
(Bohemian absurdist cabaret).
Aug. 8: Sean Ghazi (Malaysian actor, singer and dancer).
Aug. 9: Northwest Dance Project (innovative dance and vocals).
Aug. 10: Caña Son (traditional music
of Cuba).
The summer park concert series
continues with performances at Couch Park Aug. 8 and 15.
Movies in Fields Park
“ParaNorman,” a PG-rated animation
feature created by LAIKA studios in Portland, will be shown at The Fields Park,
1099 NW Overton St., Saturday, Aug. 24.
Live music begins at 6:30 p.m., followed
by the movie at dusk. The first annual
Pearl District Movies in the Park is a
free event sponsored by the Pearl District
Neighborhood Association and Portland
Parks & Recreation with a donation from
Bill Dolan of Impact Mortgage. There will
be free popcorn, a zombie costume contest
and ping pong for all ages. The series con-
tinues with unnamed films Friday, SaturAug. 6: “Portland’s Goose Hollow: A
day and Sunday, Aug. 30-Sept. 1.
Hollow, a Creek and a War About Geese,”
Tracy Prince, scholar-in-residence, PortRotary speakers
land State University Center for Public
Portland Pearl Rotary Club, which Humanities.
meets at the Ecotrust Building, 721 NW
Aug. 13: Annual state of Rotary address,
Ninth Ave., every Tuesday at 7:25 a.m., Sharon Starr, Rotary district governor.
announced this month’s speakers. The
Aug. 20: “Gangbusters,” Erika L. Prueitt,
meetings are open to the public. The $10 Gresham district manager, Multnomah
charge includes breakfast. For information, County Gang Enforcement Team.
contact George Wright at georgec3pub@
comcast.net or 503-223-0268.
Continued page 18
NOBBY NEWS
Vol. 19, No. 10
“News You Can’t Always Believe”
August, 2013
Cook Without A Country
Dave’s scheme never got off the ground.
Sneaking out of town with the NSA
(Nobby’s Secret Archives), Dave the
fry cook found himself a man without a
country. No one will grant him asylum.
“I tried Russia, but all I hear is ‘nyet!
nyet! nyet!’ And those kidnappers in
Somalia offered to pay me to stay in
Northwest Portland!”
It seems the secret to Nob Hill Bar and
Burger
Count
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Grill’s tacos is the price. Fifty cents a
taco is the best deal in town.
Meanwhile, Dave is stuck at PDX
Airport, having been put on the No-fry
List by the CIA (Culinary Institute of
America).
“I’m stranded here eating airport
food,” he said. “You won’t believe what
they charge for a taco!”
enter your name for a monthly drawing
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Community Events continued from page 17
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Sizzling Summer Specials!
Aug.: 27 “Portland as an International the Timbers on several media outlets. The
City,” Chet Orloff, director and president, free program will be at McMenamins Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., at 7
Museum of the City.
p.m. Orr reflects on the Timbers’ first season in 1975, which was so successful that it
Forest Park hikes
landed the Timbers in the NASL Soccer
Forest Park Conservancy’s Discovery
Bowl and earned Portland the nickname
Hike Series offers guided weekend hikes
“Soccer City USA.”
this month. Reservations are required; visit
forestparkconservancy.org.
This program replaces a previously announced
Aug. 3: Over the Bridge and Through history of the Bull Run watershed, which was
the Woods, with Graham Klag, Forest Park cancelled in late July.
Conservancy.
Aug. 11: Guide Mikala Soroka, Forest
Senior Trips
Park Conservancy.
Friendly House Senior Trips, with
Aug. 17: Herb Walk with National Coltransportation by Ride Connection, visit
lege of Natural Medicine student.
Tillamook Cheese Factory and Pioneer
Aug. 24: Guide Marcy Houle, author of Museum (Aug. 8), Sauvie Island Farm
“One City’s Wilderness.”
Tour (Aug. 15), Ikea and Cascade Station
Aug. 31: Kid’s Discovery Hike with (Aug. 22) and Oregon State Fair (Aug.
Outdoor School instructors.
29). To sign up, call Alberta or Carol at
Garden Party benefit
Lift Urban Portland’s 2013 Garden
Party benefit will be held Tuesday, Aug.
27, at World Forestry Center, 4033 SW
Canyon Rd. The event includes an auction,
a dinner catered by The Stockpot Restaurant, with desserts by Baker & Spice Bakery and music by The Bloozers. For tickets
or information, visit lifturbanportland.org,
or call 503-221-1224, ext 103.
• 10% off frozen treats Aug. 7-13th
• 10% off bulk items Aug.14-20th
• Specials on select housemade
sausages, burgers, steaks & beers
Aug. 21st- Sept. 3rd
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Friendly House at 503-224-2640.
Benefit block party
Besaw’s will close Northwest Savier
Street between 23rd and 24th avenues Saturday, Aug. 24 to celebrate its 110th anniversary. As a benefit for Friendly House,
there will be a Grand Outdoors Bizarre,
featuring oddities, tests of strength and “all
the llamas you can kiss.” There will also
be exhibits, live music, magic, food and
beverages.
Oregon Encyclopedia History Night
Monday, Aug. 5 presents “Soccer Team, LGBT barbecue
The annual barbecue for LGBT older
USA: The Birth and Rise of the Portland
adults
and their allies will be Friday, Aug.
Timbers,” with Michael Orr, who covers
going out 9, noon-2 p.m. The event includes food, Secret Garden
entertainment and raffle prizes. Call
Summer Music in the Secret Garden,
Alberta at 503-224-2640 to register and hosted by Northwest Hostel & Northwest
for transportation information.
Portland Guesthouse, presents entertainment Tuesday nights, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at
425 NW 18th Ave. There is no cover
Lifelong learning
charge, but donations for performers are
The Lifelong Learning Education Series
welcome. Food and beverages are available
at Friendly House features “George Gershfor purchase.
win: First American Genius,” by Gordon
Aug. 6: Beth Wood
Neal Herman, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1-2:30
Aug. 13: Jacob Westfall p.m.; Modern & Contemporary Art Tour
Aug. 20: Dan Dover
and lunch at the Portland Art Museum,
Aug. 27: Avery Hill
Thursday, Aug. 8, 1-2 p.m.; and “Simon
Sept. 3: Ezza Rose Benson—Northwest Lumber King, Civic
Sept. 10: Suzanne Lapidus Leader and Visionary,” by Sig Unander,
Wednesday, Aug 14, 1-2:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Call 503-224-2640.
FREE CONCERTS
Wallace Park
NW 25th & Raleigh
TriMet: #15, #77
Thursdays • 6:30pm
July 11
Ashleigh Flynn (Foot-Stompin’ Original Americana)
July 18
SELCO Community Credit Union Presents
The Stolen Sweets (‘30s Swing Jazz Confection)
July 25
SELCO Community Credit Union Presents
3 Leg Torso (Cinematic Virtuosic Chamber)
Couch Park
NW 20th & Glisan
TriMet: #72
Thursdays • 6:30pm
Aug 8
Mo Phillips (Indie Kids’ Rock)
Aug 15
The Chancers (Rollicking Irish Pub Tunes)
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to The NW
Examiner
and all of our
wonderful
neighborhood
sponsors.
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business
Finance & Real Estate Northwest Portland still home to global
ESCO after 100 years
By Allan Classen
C.F. Swigert arrived in Portland in 1883
at age 21 to build the first bridge across
the Willamette. He then built five more
and started the Willamette Bridge Railway
Company to ensure that the bridges would
be put to use. When parts on his streetcars
wore out, he started a foundry to make
replacements.
He seemingly accomplished everything
he set his mind to.
In 1901, he built the Vaughn Street Ball
Park—which became home of the Portland Beavers baseball team until
1956—at Northwest 24th and
Vaughn on land surrounded by
the foundry.
After 22 years of building
and business creation, he rested.
Selling his business interests, he
loaded up his extended family
of eight on an ocean cruise to
Europe and the Mediterranean,
where they vacationed for a year.
While in Paris, he learned of
a new technology to melt scrap
steel in an electric furnace, a less costly
method than traditional open hearth coal
furnaces.
Back in Portland, he imported an electric Girod furnace for a new foundry at
Northwest 25th and York streets. It was
called the Electric Steel Foundry, and the
year was 1913. Soon it was called Electric
Steel Company and eventually just ESCO.
Even as ESCO grew, C.F. Swigert
remained as head of Pacific Bridge Company, which built the piers for the St.
Johns Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Later, it was part of a six-company consortium that built Boulder Dam during the
Depression.
Swigert died in 1935 and was succeeded
by his son C.F. “Fred” Swigert Jr., who was
CEO until 1953.
His second son, Ernie, headed a spinoff lift truck company that became Hyster,
which employed about 500 workers at its
Northeast Portland plant during World
War II. It was sold to a competitor in 1989
for $620 million.
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Several other family members have
worked for ESCO over the years. The
founder’s grandson, Henry “Hank” Swigert,
was chairman of the board from 1979
to 2003. Now 82, he began working for
ESCO in 1955 as a molder’s helper.
Today, ESCO is best known for wear
parts used by large earth-moving and mining equipment. Many of these patented
parts are designed, tested and manufactured in Northwest Portland.
Last month, the company celebrated
100 years at the same place where it all
started. The company now has locations in
27 countries on six continents, with 5,000
employees serving mining, construction,
power generation and aerospace industries.
ESCO’s history is intertwined with that
of Northwest Portland. For most of the
100 years, Swigerts have lived near their
plant. C.F. and Rena Swigert lived and
raised their family in Willamette Heights
in a house still standing at 3209 NW
Thurman St. Ernie’s first home after marriage was at 2236 NW Irving St. Later,
he moved to the Hillside Neighborhood
and then near Southwest Vista Avenue in
Portland Heights.
In recent decades, ESCO’s neighborhood reputation has been clouded by complaints of odor and air pollution coming
from the gentrifying neighborhood just
south of Vaughn Street—not topics early
industrialists or previous residents apparently worried much about.
In 2011, ESCO signed a historic good
neighbor agreement with the Northwest
District Association and two environmen-
C.F. Swigert made a name for
himself as a bridge builder long
before he founded ESCO. Later, he
helped build Boulder and Grand
Coulee dams.
C.F. Swigert’s 1907 home in
Willamette Heights (far left)
retains its grace.
A year after the company—then known as Electric Steel Foundry—was founded, workers
remove molds on the factory floor.
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tal groups. As part of the agreement, ESCO
agreed to spend about $5 million to reduce
toxic air emissions and hold regular public
meetings with community representatives.
“This has been a hard process for us,”
admitted ESCO’s General Manager of U.S.
Operations Ian Bingham. “We couldn’t
understand why there were so many concerns, because we … were meeting the
standards.”
The turnabout came after some soul
searching at corporate headquarters.
“We stopped trying to talk so much
and decided to start really listening,” said
Bingham. “We saw that this was important
to our neighbors.
“We take our responsibility to be a good
neighbor seriously.”
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At least one adventurous
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Start the pre-approval process today!
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Locations on Thurman Street
and inside the VA Hospital
ESCO operations virtually enveloped the Vaughn Street Ball Park, which was home to the
Portland Beavers from 1901-56.
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New
Businesses
gallery, Neilson creates canopies, arches
and mobile sculptures using the principal
of the dodecahedron, a 12-sided geometric
form considered sacred by ancient Greeks.
He installed the patio canopies at Cha
Taqueria on Northwest 21st and Everett
streets.
Fifth Avenue Night Lounge
125 NW Fifth Ave., 503-477-8626
fifthavenuelounge.com
Owners Jacek Brown and Bryan Walls
have created a sophisticated craft cocktail
lounge that features their own recipes. The
Pioneer, for instance, consists of Bombay
Sapphire with an infusion of grapefruit,
Serrano pepper, black pepper and port.
They also have infused popsicles, such as
Bacardi Peaches and Cream, and infused
ice cubes that can turn a glass of bourbon into an Old Fashioned. They have
remodeled the former Someday Lounge,
Natalie Staggs at Gaia Couture.
dividing the ground floor into cozy nooks
that encourage conversation even when
Gaia Couture
the dance floor is in full swing. The tapas921 NW 23rd Ave., 971-266-8650
oriented menu includes salad rolls, chicken
satay, turkey wraps and tatertot nachos. The
gaiacouture.com
To ancient Greeks, Gaia was the per- dress code is casual business attire. On Wall
sonification of the Earth. Gaia Couture Street Wednesday, patrons may participate
manager Natalie Staggs describes the in an alcohol commodities exchange.
business as an organic clothing store for
women who love feeling beautiful and
are committed to the environment. Gaia
Couture sells fair trade clothing made of
organic cotton, bamboo, Tencel and wool.
It also carries recycled accessories, organic
lingerie, vegan shoes and “upcycled” jewelry, such as pendants and earrings made of
bottle caps, clock pieces and vinyl records.
Owner Joy Martinello has a background in
organic clothing, and Natalie has worked
in theatrical costume design. They plan to
host musical events once or twice a week.
Poplandia
KoldShoulder Working
Gallery
1400 NW Marshall St., Ste. 101,
503-227-0525
koldshoulder.com
KoldShoulder Working Gallery is a collective of artists receiving marketing services through Artistic Paradigm. Owner
Sean Kalley named the gallery after sufferJanice Shaddock at Overland Equipment.
ing severe shoulder pain in 2008 that led in
Overland Equipment
unpredictable ways to artistic discoveries.
His partner, Patrick Zahn, heads Artistic
Outlet
Paradigm, which seeks to bring art to the
926 NW 13th Ave., Ste. 160, 503-841-5202
community “in a more natural setting”
overlandequipment.com
where customers can have conversations
Overland Equipment Outlet has opened with the artists. Exhibits and events are
its first local retail store in the old Keen held once or twice a month.
location. The company was founded in
Chico, Calif., in 1981, as a manufacturer
of shoulder bags, laptop bags, backpacks,
wallets and pouches made to last a lifetime.
Each bag is constructed with ballistic nylon
at all stress points. Inside are ripstop nylon
compartments in contrasting colors. Some
have fleece-lined cell phone pockets. The
store manager is Janice Shaddock.
Remedy Wine Bar
733 NW Everett St., 503-222-1449
remedywinebar.com
740 NW 23rd Ave., 800-889-6861
Stephen Snyder (left) and Michael Neilson
at Control Fitness/Dodecah.
poplandiapopcorn.com
Control Fitness/Dodecah
Sarah Caniglia and Cindy Griffith feature fresh-daily popcorn in a revolving array
of exotic flavors, including Maple Bourbon
Bacon, Gouda with Chardonnay Salt, Buttered Sea Salt Caramel, Thai Sweet Chili
and Strawberry Balsamic Basil. They also
have Puppy Chow (caramel and chocolate)
and vegan popcorn. Ingredients are local
when possible. Caniglia and Griffith were
in business management services before
launching their own business in the spring.
The popcorn is sold by the bag or in a tin
and FedEx services are provided.
Sean Kalley at Koldshoulder.
2562 NW Wilson St., 503-964-9542
controlfitnesspdx.com
Stephen Snyder and Michael Neilson
have turned a large warehouse in the industrial district into a combination fitness
center and art gallery. They plan a grand
opening Aug. 16. Snyder, a certified personal trainer, provides individual or group
sessions using the TRX Suspension Trainer, a workout system that leverages gravity
and an individual’s body weight to perform
hundreds of exercises. In Dodecah, the art
In researching the history of their 1909
building, Remedy Wine Bar owners Dan
Beekley and Michael Madigan discovered
it once was the warehouse for Blumenauer and Frank Distributors, whose wares
included patent medicines and alcohol.
Hence the name Remedy. The 44-seat wine
bar with a view of the North Park Blocks
opened recently. One third of the wines are
local, including labels from small vintners.
The menu, which includes a cheese plate,
an arugula and radish salad, and a charcuterie plate, was designed by chef Ingrid
Chen to complement the wines.
Brian Noll at the Sliding Door Company.
The Sliding Door Company
1425 NW Flanders St., Suite B,
503-840-8954
slidingdoorco.com
The Sliding Door Company specializes
in room dividers, cubicles, office partitions
and closet doors in a variety of materials,
It’s all in the details. The finishing touches. The small comforts that
turn a house into a home filled with good times and wonderful
memories. And who better to begin building that experience for
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business including clear, frosted, laminated or linen
glass and frames. These interior doors can
swing, slide or remain stationary. All materials are recyclable and environmentally
friendly. Northwest commercial sales manager Brian Noll said this is the company’s
first retail store in Portland.
Súpa!
432 NW 11th Ave., 503-490-1703
supasoup.com
Kristique’s Unique’s
604 NW 12th Ave., 971-282-1133
Singer Kristi King has opened what she
calls “a unique, rare and eclectic store” that
provides vintage, fine and costume jewelry,
vintage and modern home décor, and genuine gemstones. King is also the Oregon
distributor of Green Smoke, electronic
e-cigarettes. King, who began her singing
career at age 9 in Portland, is available to
serenade the person of your choice.
Súpa!, named for the Latin word for
bread soaked in broth, will celebrate its
grand opening Aug. 24 in the former
Medina space. Chef and co-owner Jae
Larson will offer small-batch artisan soups
and grilled sandwiches, such as gruyere,
Swiss, aged cheddar and pesto aioli or
Swiss, grilled asparagus, caramelized onion
and pesto aioli. Both sandwiches come on
como bread. The children’s menu has half
sandwiches with or without the crust, juice
and milk.
California Closets
1235 W. Burnside St., 503-234-6383
californiaclosets.com/portland
California Closets celebrated its grand
opening in the Brewery Blocks last month.
The 2,000-square-foot showroom and
design center helps customers create a
closet, media center, play area, panty or wall
bed using various materials and designs.
The company was founded in 1978 and has Kristi King at Kristique’s Unique’s.
had a Portland location for nearly 30 years.
It has a manufacturing plant in Tualatin.
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— business briefs —
The Portland Design Commission
approved a 28-story condominium point
tower on the block bounded by Northwest
10th, 11th, Northrup and Overton streets.
The building will have 168 residential
units, 197 parking stalls and ground floor
retail. The commission concluded that
the location, between Tanner Springs
and The Fields parks and on a streetcar
line, requires a special building, and the
applicant (Hoyt Street Properties) “has
proposed such a building.” ... Souchi
women’s clothing at 827 NW 23rd Ave.
has closed. ... Tilt, a restaurant and bar,
is opening in the former Dynagraphics
building at Northwest 13th and Everett
streets. ... Ovation Tea is coming to the
Pinnacle building at Northwest 10th and
Northrup streets. ... Structural repairs to
the south wall of Joe’s Cellar are complete and the restaurant and lounge at
Northwest 21st and Pettygrove should
open by the first weekend of August. ... A
proposed New Seasons supermarket and
mixed-use building with 114 apartments
on the block bounded by Northwest 21st,
22nd, Quimby and Raleigh streets was
expected to be approved by the Portland
Design Commission Aug. 1. The block
is part of the Con-way master plan,
and the developer is C.E. John. ... The
Industrial Café will be featured on the
Food Network show, “Diners, Drive-Ins
and Dives,” Monday, Aug. 26, at 10 p.m..
... Van Dyn Chocolates has moved its
production/distribution operations and
associated retail outlet from 2360 NW
Quimby St. to 3111 NW Industrial Ave.
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Business Beat
By Denny Shleifer
Local builders give family shelter
complete makeover
Home builders know something about
the importance of homes.
“Home builders understand the importance of providing families a safe and
dignified place to live, a place where they
feel respected as they rebuild their lives,”
said Ken Cowdery, executive director of the
Home Builders Foundation of Portland.
Darin Honn, a member of the HBF
board, saw the opportunity to put that idea
into practice at his church, the First United
Methodist Church at Southwest 18th and
Jefferson.
For nearly 20 years, the church has
hosted the Goose Hollow Family Shelter,
where up to eight families sleep in the
gymnasium every night. The shelter also
includes a kitchen and kitchenette, a family
room kitchenette and a small storage area.
The spaces were clean, though obviously
not designed as living quarters for 20-30
people and had never been remodeled.
The Home Builders Foundation saw it
as a project where they could make a big
difference.
Remodeling of the shelter’s laundry
room and family lounge are underway.
“I don’t believe any of our team has
heard the word ‘no’ when we’ve asked for
anything,” said Bob Strong, one of four
captains heading up the project.
Strong is also known as Handyman Bob
on KXL radio’s “Around the House.”
The other captains are David Szyplinski
of Molly’s Fund, Robin McKnight of Powerhouse Construction and Dave Adelhart
of Westlake Development Group.
The design team includes Sharon Olsen
of Designers Edge Kitchen & Bath and
Daniel McCulloch of Garrison Hullinger
Interior Design.
“When we explain the importance of
this shelter, everyone we’ve talked to has
simply said, ‘Count me in, What do you
need?’
“This is a great project for home builder
volunteers. From interior design, to electrical, plumbing and painting, this was a perfect fit,” said Strong, noting that it involves
electricians, plumbers, painters, carpenters,
mechanical contractors, concrete workers,
paint companies “and lots of volunteer
labor.”
The shelter, which is managed by an
independent nonprofit organization, Portland Homeless Family Solutions, has
found temporary space until the remodeling is done, which should happen in early
August.
“The shelter has been in need of a massive makeover and we are so fortunate that
the Home Builders Foundation is helping
us achieve our goal,” said Brandi Tuck,
executive director of Portland Homeless
Ken Cowdery (L-R) of the Home Builders
Foundation, Brandi Tuck of Portland Homeless Family Solutions and Bob “Handyman
Bob” Strong came together to make the project a success.
Family Solutions.
“We have a good success rate, our services are great, our volunteers are fantastic,” said Tuck, “but the missing piece has
always been a more inviting setting for the
families we serve.”
The family lounge is getting new flooring, paint, new furniture and additional
organizing solutions. With a new kitchenette in the gymnasium and a full kitchen
makeover next year or two, volunteers will
be able to cook on-site.
“If you live in an environment that is
warm and encouraging, you will make a
much more comfortable shelter for fami-
Workers from Forum Painting donating
services.
lies working their way through transitional
programs,” she said.
The project has been completely funded
by the Home Builders Foundation and a
donation from the church. Funds raised
at this year’s Home Builders Association
of Metropolitan Portland Street of Dreams
block party ($10,000) and $1 per ticket to
the Street of Dreams (being held in West
Linn through Aug. 25) will go directly to
the Goose Hollow Family Shelter.
Denny Shleifer can be reached at
[email protected] or 503-894-9646.
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Snapshots
The last traces of Music Millennium at Northwest
23rd and Johnson were removed when new lettering
for Fireside Lounge was placed on the music store’s
old marquee.
The Rose City Athletic team sponsored by Kingston Sportsbar & Grill won the North End cup as the highest
finishing Timbers Army Football Club in the Greater Portland Soccer Division 4 last fall. Members of the team
are (front row, L-R): Zack Skinner, Ivan Gongora, Bryan Boen, Mauricio Flores-Sanchez, Eduardo Ramirez
and Gil Gongora. Middle row: John Evons, Brian Smith, Patrick Meadows, Jedd Cayatano, Yu Miyagawa,
Zack Olson, John Daiker, William Packwood, Randy Wilson and Jared Cullivan. Back row: Ben Dietrich,
Casey McLaughlin and Rob Jerand.
Denny Shleifer
Harold Hutchinson
David Harvey, director of environment and safety for Greenbrier/Gunderson,
shows one of the company’s two green roofs to the Greenroof Information Think
Tank group. The company plans to add at least two more. ALLAN CLASSEN
Power was lost after a truck snagged an overhead line and ripped down several
poles and utility wires at Northwest 14th and Marshall July 30. Many businesses
closed for the day.
The Lincoln Cardinals of the
Junior Federal Division (ages
11 and 12) won the state
championship last month,
beating Sherwood 18-1. The
team, comprised entirely of
Chapman Elementary School
students, had an overall record
of 33-12. They also won the
sportsmanship trophy for the
16-team state tournament.
Remnants of the Rose Festival’s One More Time Again Marching Band—
now known as the Mudtown Stompers—carry on at Mark Lindau’s deck
on Northwest 29th Avenue almost every Wednesday night. They play occasional gigs, including Bastille Day at St. Honoré Bakery. Members of the
band include (L-R): Lindau, Roger Stafford, Ellie Kuni, Clark Brooks, Bill
Comeau, Mike Wheeler, Charlie Johnson and Janet Garmon. Members not
pictured are Bobby Feldhausen, Donna Bestwick and Ed Reese.
Front row (L-R): McKean Farnell, Levi Margolis, Myles Parkel, Nick Ostmo, Jake
Leitgeb and Kyle Gragnola. Middle row: Mitchell Nee, Luke Samiee, Nate Stember,
Dylan MacCallum, Joe Angeli and Wyatt Hoke. Back row (coaches): Reilly Walker,
Dave Margolis, Paul Stember, Mike Farnell and Cam Webb.
Another Street Seats facility was installed last month at Bartini/Urban
Fondue on Northwest Glisan next to Trader Joe’s.
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